Protocol (Gr. prōtos, 'first;' and kolla, 'glue'), (1) the rough draft of an instrument or transaction, and more particularly the original copy of a government despatch, treaty, or other document; (2) a record or register.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 450
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